English Reading

• Arts & Entertainment
         - Ernest Hemingway, 1899-1961: One of the Most Famous Writers of the 20th Century  
         - Music Would Not be the Same Without the Guitar  
         - Ernest Hemingway, 1899-1961: He created a New Kind of Writing. He Was Able to Paint in Words What He Saw and Felt. 
• Economy
         - Mary Kay Ash, 1918-2001: She Started a Skin Care Company     That Has Sales of More Than Two Billion Dollars a Year
         - The Fall of Bear Stearns  
         - Boeing Protests Air Force Contract on Tankers  

• Education
        - Three Schools for the Learning Disabled  
        - A Way to Help Students Before They Fail  
        - Children, Self-Control and 'Executive Function'  
• Environment
        - Cities Around the World Are 'Going Green'  
        - The Seeds of Weed Control  

• Health & Medicine
         - Vaccine a Big Success Against Meningitis in Uganda  
         - Building a Better Cook Stove for the World’s Poor    
         - Report Points to Limits of Some Antidepressants  
  

• Human Interest

       - HIV and Life for Rural Women in South Africa  
       - Chocolate Has a History as Rich as Its Taste  

• Human Rights and Law

       - Shirley Chisholm, 1924-2005: The First Black Woman Elected to the U.S. Congress  

• Politics
        - 'Private Failings': The Rise, and Sudden Fall, of Eliot Spitzer  
        - McCain Can Launch National Campaign; Democrats Still Stuck  

• Science & Technology
        -  Searching for Answers About What Harms Coral Reefs, and What May Protect Them  
        - An International Appeal to Cut Smoking Rates Through Six Policies  
        - Device Gives New Meaning to the Idea of Power Walking  

• War and Conflict
        - After Five Years of War, Attention Turns to What New President Would Do  
        

• World Issues
        - Questioning a Popular Approach to Lasting Development  
        - Wheat Production Rises in Face of World Demand  
        - A Business Plan for Social Change  

• American History

     - American History Series: The Constitution Goes to the States for Approval  
     - President Lincoln's Cottage: A Visit to a 19th Century Camp David  
     - American History Series: The Signing of the Constitution in Philadelphia  

• American Life

     - Tenement Museum Recreates Old Immigrant Life in New York City 
     - Songs About Spring Can Be Happy or Sad  
     - Jumping, Climbing and Running: Nothing Stands in the Way of Parkour